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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

THOMAS V. CURTIS, OF LEMARS, IOW'A.

IMPROVEMENT IN TURN-TABLES FOR STOVE-OVENS.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,076, datedSeptember 17, 1878; application filed August 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS V. CURTIS, of Lemars,in the county ofPlymouth and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Turn-Tables for Stove-Ovens or Cooking-Ranges, and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction and operation of the same,reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of the standfor supporting the Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of thestand and turn-table. Fig. 3 is a top-plan view of the turn-table.

This invention has relation to that class of culinary devices known asturn-tables, to be placed within an oven or cooking-range to hold andsupport the article or articles to be baked, and to enable the user ofthe stove or range to bring the article to or from the hottest part ofthe oven, so that the heat thereon will be regulated, and thereby insurethe even baking of the article.

The object of the present invention is to construct such a device in amanner that will admit of its being readily applied to any of the ovensof stoves or cooking-ranges, and easily adjusted or handled to bring thearticle to be baked in the desired position or part of the oven toreceive the required amount of heat, and also prevent the articles uponthe turn-table, during the process of baking, from shifting or coming incontact with each other, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a portable stand of anysuitable metal and of the desired size and shape to fit the oven of thestove or range in which it is to be placed. The stand A has at or nearits center a spindle, a, to support a turn-table, B, said table restingupon an annular shoulder formed around the spindle.

Two, three, or more rollers, b, are suitably connected to the upper sideor face of the stand, and are preferably located near the outer edgethereof. These rollers may be of any suitable size, and are raised asufficient height above the stand to form a rest for the table B, toadmit of its being easily revolved or turned upon the spindle a. Thestand A has one or more knobs, c, for convenience of handling.

The turn-table B may be of circular or other desired form, and providedwith knobs d, by which the table is conveniently rotated or adjusted bybringing against the knob a stovecover lifter or other suitable articleconveniently at hand, thereby avoiding the danger of burning the hand.

The table B is formed with a hole, f, for placing it over and upon thespindle a, and openings 6, of any suitable size and shape, to

receive the pans, plates, or other receptacles containing the articlesto be baked.

I have only shown one of the turn-tables, deeming this sufficienttoproperly illustrate my invention; but, if desired, a number of thesetablesmay be employed, each of which may be formed with openings ofdifferent shapes and sizes, as found necessary.

The plates or pans sit down into the openings e, and are thereby heldstationary and prevented from shifting their position upon the table andcoming in contact with each other, as would be the consequence if theymerely rested upon the table; and it is essential in cooking certainarticles of food that the receptacle holding them should remainstationary, and not be jarred by coming in contact with each other whilethe process of baking is going on.

The space between the table and stand is sufficient to prevent the lowerportion or bottom of the pans or plates from coming in contact with thestand.

If desired, in place of the rollers being secured to the stand A, theymay be secured to the under side of the table B, as found mostconvenient.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. -In a platform for stove-ovens, the turntable B, provided withopenings 6 to conform to the size and shape of the pans or other Intestimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS V; CURTIS.

Witnesses:

O. D. OURTIs, A. W. DURLEY.

